Fence-post attachment.



PATENTED JULY '7, 1908.

L. B. HARMON.

FENCE POST ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED 0012s, 1907.

wit moo UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LE GRAND B. HARMON, OF ROSEWOOD, OHIO.

FENCE-POST ATTACHMENT.

Rosewood, in the county of Champaign and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fence-Post Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in fence posts and accessories, and it has for its objects among others to provide an improved form of means for holding the wire formed of malleable iron having lips by which it is made detachable and adjustable and invertible, also provided with a lip to receive the wire, the construction being such that when the wire is forced in beneath the wire-holding lip, there will be enough spring in the lip to hold the wire against displacement and yet not so tight but what the wire shall have plenty of room to contract and expand, a wedge being used in connection with said wire-holding means or clip, said wedge being inserted between the post and body portion and the wire being received between said wedge and lip. The

bottom clip may be set with its holding lip extended downwardly so that a hog or other stock cannot get the wire off the fence after it is once in position, nor lift it so as to crawl under the same. The other clips are preferably arranged with their holding lips upright and as many as desired may be used upon the 0st.

Other 0 jects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings which, with the numerals of reference marked thereon, form a part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a fence post provided with my improvement. Fig. 2 is a cross section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the wire holding clip removed.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings 1 designates a fence post, in this instance shown asone of T-form, of metal, to which, however, no claim to novelty is made herein.

The wire-holding clips are constructed of malleable iron, one of which is seen removed in Fig. 3. It comprisesa body portion 2 hav- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 28, 1907.

Patented July '7, 1908.

Serial No. 399,583.

ing the bendable lips 3 extending from one side and a depending bendable wire-holding lip 4 extending at sudstantially right angles to the'plane of the body portion and having an offset, as seen at 5, for a purpose which will hereinafter appear.

In practice the clips are applied to the posts either by dropping them over the end of the same, the lips 3 being separated at 6 so as to receive the web 7 of the post, or by bending outward one of the lips 3 and then placing the clip in position. \Vhen the clip is in the desired position on the post, it is secured by bending the lips inward, and by a blow with a hammer or otherwise they are firmly affixed in position. 8 is a wedge, as seen in Fig. 2, inserted between the body portion of the clip and the face 9 of the post in order to more firmly hold the clip in its adjusted position. This, however, does not interfere with the ready detachment or ad justability of the cli) when desired. The clips are also invertib e, so that they may be used with their wire-holding lips extending either up or down, as may be desired, it being preferable to place the lower clip with its wire-holding lip extending downward, as shown, so that the wire 10 can not be lifted upward by a hog or other animal. Vhen the clips are in place, the wires may be forced under their holding lips 4 and the latter then given a blow and the wire firmly held against displacement yet allowed sufficient play to permit it to contract and expand.

What is claimed as new is The combination with a fence post and a fence wire, of a fence post attachment comprising a body portion having bendable lu s adapted to embrace the post, a bendab e wire-holding member integral with and projecting from said body portion and having an ofi'set near its junction with said body portion, said attachment being capable of adjustment, detachment and inversion on the post and to extend over the wire, the latter being received in said offset, said wire being held between said member and the post and prevented from vertical displace ment by said body portion, and a wedge inserted between the post and body portion, the wire being received between said. wedge and projection.

LEGRAND B. HARMON.

Witnesses:

MARION D. HALL, O. B. PROCTER. 

